Lyudmila Zhuravlyova

Who is Lyudmila Zhuravlyova?

Lyudmila Vasilyevna Zhuravleva is a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian astronomer.

She works at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Asteroid 26087 Zhuravleva was named in her honour.

She also serves as president of the Crimean branch of the "Prince Clarissimus Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov Foundation".

She has discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroid 4086 Podalirius and asteroid 2374 Vladvysotskij. Zhuravleva is ranked 43 in Harvard University's list of those who have discovered minor planets. She is credited with having discovered 200 such bodies, 13 of which were co-discoveries, between 1972 and 1992. In the Rating of Discoverers Minor Planet she is listed in 57th place out of 1429 astronomers.